News Archive

Launch of Siarter Sir Gâr language charter
24/06/2013 - 11:00
Cymdeithas yr Iaith in Carmarthenshire will put demands to the county council to act to strengthen the Welsh language in the county, on Wednesday 26th June, as they launch their laungage charter, Siarter Sir Gâr. The charter, which covers housing and planning, education, health, leisure and the use of Welsh within the County Council puts forward radical, but practical, steps the Council can adopt. Heledd ap Gwynfor, a member of Cymdeithas yr Iaith in Carmarthern said:
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Representing more than 1,300 petitioners
14/06/2013 - 17:35
Members of Cymdeithas yr Iaith in Ceredigion have presented a petition to call on the Council to ensure that they can live in Welsh in the county. The petition, which has more than 1,300 signatures, calls on the Council to work through the medium of Welsh, following the example of Gwynedd Council, to ensure jobs for local people, to provide recreational services for young people in Welsh and ensure that housing available to local people. One of the activists said:
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Cardiff Welsh speakers call on Cardiff Council to reverse cuts
13/06/2013 - 11:18
Leading Cardiff Welsh speakers have hit out over Cardiff Council’s cuts to Welsh language services ahead of a major festival in the city. 
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Denbighshire agrees to Welsh Language Commissioner holding a review of their Local Development Plan

07/06/2013 - 19:23
Denbighshire council's leader has agreed to invite the Welsh Language Commissioner to review their Local Development Plan (LDP) and give her opinion on how it will affect the language in the county, in a meeting with Cymdeithas yr Iaith Gymraeg. 
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Welsh Government's Big Conference - urgent action needed
06/06/2013 - 14:58
Cymdeithas yr Iaith Gymraeg has reacted to the official launch of the Welsh Government's Big Conference about the future of the Welsh language.
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Further evidence of need for planning guidelines on the Welsh language.

24/05/2013 - 19:44
Following news that a planning application for 61 houses in Llandovery has been given the go-ahead, Cymdeithas yr Iaith Gymraeg has expressed further concern that TAN 20 guidelines have yet to be published.  Sioned Elin of Cymdeithas yr Iaith said:
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Penybanc housing campaigners present case to Assembly
21/05/2013 - 18:16
  CAMPAIGNERS opposing a housing development in Penybanc Carmarthenshire took their case to the Assembly today.
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Call to postpone development plans over Census results
13/05/2013 - 11:39
WELSH councils should delay implementing new local development plans (LDP) until new government guidelines on their Welsh language impact are published, Cymdeithas yr Iaith Gymraeg has insisted. Toni Schiavone, the language group’s sustainable communities spokesperson, says Cymdeithas members will seek meetings with council leaders, chief executives and planning officers to call for the postponement. The pressure group’s members will call on the local authorities to:
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'Mark Spencer' comes to town
11/05/2013 - 19:38
As 20 members of Cymdeithas yr Iaith picketed the Carmarthen M&S store today over its lack of Welsh during the rebranding, a Cymdeithas member introduced himself as "Mark Spencer" and, dressed in an M&S suit and bowler hat proceeded to tell shoppers through a PA system that "his" company could not be bothered with "petty" concerns such as the Welsh 
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Spending language impact review - cautious welcome
10/05/2013 - 10:36
LANGUAGE campaigners have given a cautious welcome to news that Welsh Government officials are organising a language impact review of all departmental spending.
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